This Thing of Darkness, Series 4, 2. The Unsaid

This Thing of Darkness

Series 4

2. The Unsaid

10 February 2026

44 minutes

Available for over a year

by Frances Poet with monologues by Eileen Horne.

Part Two – The Unsaid

Dr Alex Bridges is an expert forensic psychiatrist and psychotherapist, assessing and treating perpetrators of serious crime.

Lindsay has agreed to take part in family therapy in the secure unit where Kathleen is being held. Unanswered questions and long-held resentments surface as Lindsay struggles to understand her mother's actions.

Dr Alex Bridges ….. Lolita Chakrabarti

Kathleen ….. Maureen Beattie

Lindsay ….. Helen Mackay

Daniel ….. Nicholas Karimi

Production Coordinators: Rosalind Gibson and Ellie Marsh

Sound recording : Andy Hay and Fraser Jackson

Sound Design: Fraser Jackson

Series Consultant: Dr Gwen Adshead

Series format created by Lucia Haynes, Audrey Gillan, Eileen Horne, Gaynor Macfarlane, Anita Vettesse and Kirsty Williams.

A BBC Audio Scotland Production produced by Kirsty Williams and directed by Gaynor Macfarlane